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[Dinnshenchas of Almu I], verse beg. ‘Almu Lagen, les na Fían’

» In English: “Almu of the Leinstermen, a fort of the fiana” » Language(s): Middle Irish » Form: verse » Categories: Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Finn Cycle, Text entries » Type: dinnshenchas » Keywords: conception
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Dinnshenchas poem on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare), which recounts the tale of the conception of Finn mac Cumaill.

[Dinnshenchas of Almu II], verse beg. ‘Almu robo cháem dia cois’ , part of or cited in: Dinnshenchas Érenn C

» In English: “Almu, she was fair to the foot” » Form: verse » Stanzas: 4 st. » Categories: Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Finn Cycle, Text entries » Type: Subject:dinnshenchas
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Dinnshenchas poem on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare).

[Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find I], verse beg. ‘Áth Liac Find, cid dia tá?’ , part of or cited in: Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

» Author(s): Id:Máel Muru Othna » Ascribed author(s): Id:Máel Muru Othna » Language(s): Middle Irish » Form: verse » Categories: Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Finn Cycle, Text entries » Type: Subject:dinnshenchas
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Tract on the dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find, a ford of the Shannon.

[Banshenchas]

» In English: “Lore of women” » Language(s): Middle Irish » Form: prose, verse » Categories: Mythological Cycle, Cycles of the Kings, Ulster Cycle, Early Irish poetry, Irish legendary history, Finn Cycle, Text entries
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The title Banshenchas refers to two versions composed in the late Middle Irish period:

[[Metrical Banshenchas

|a metrical version composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside in 1147]] and

[[Prose Banshenchas

|a longer version in prose]].

Follow the links for further references.

[Bec innocht lúth mo dá lúa], verse beg. ‘Bec innocht lúth mo dá lúa’

» Ascribed author(s): Id:Caílte mac Rónáin » Language(s): Middle Irish » Form: verse » Stanzas: 4 st. » Categories: Early Irish poetry, Finn Cycle, Text entries
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Poem of four stanzas, attributed to Caílte. It uses a special, learned vocabulary known as bérla na filed.

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